Looking good so far

I have been able to sail for the last three days, which is amazing for this time of year in Dubai. Whilst blowing a steady 12-14knots, I was happy with my boat speed both up and downwind, so i decided to do some tacking, or shall I say facking, practice. I still havent got it right, but I feel that im coming awefully close to pulling one. I clocked over 20km worth of sailing today, which is more than once around the world Islands. I checked my speedpuck after today, and speedplay told me that I could have completed the round the world trip, in under 1 hour and 30 minutes, taking into account upwind, wind angles, etc. Therefor I will have a stab at Rohan's Round the world record on Saturday, providing that the wind is blowing more than 12 knots from a westerly to southerly direction, or Northerly, meaning that I spend the backside of the palm, on a run or reach.

I clocked 20.2 knots 10 seconds average in a strong gust today, so I think the Dubai water temperature is favourable for attempting to break a speed record ... you can bet that I will be out next time it blows.

Kerstin got her new KA Sails today, for which I managed to find her a sponsor to buy them. Hopefully my new North and Souther Spars kit will get organised fairly quickly, as I cant stop thinking about it...bit of a dejavu from when I wanted a Moth!

I will be running for commodore for the next year...sort of as a pisstake... but we will see, If i get voted, I have alot of changes that I will propose, for the benefit of the Moth Class. 

VOR, next time around might be seen in the gulf, so I was thinking, if India was a problem to get to because of piracy, then wont the gulf be a disaster? 

Moth Nationals, will be in late October, and we will have round two of the Nationals acting as a pre-moth worlds event, on the week before the Worlds here in Dubai.

thats pretty much it from the frying pan!

-m